Census data

Population, households, age structure and ethnic composition from modern censuses.

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	297,498 people	248,645 people	250,518 people
Urbanization rate	28.9%	33.4%	49.7%
Urban population	86,081 people	82,974 people	124,550 people
Male	152,808 people	126,691 people	129,186 people
Female	144,690 people	121,954 people	121,332 people
Households	75,604	86,805	94,302
Average household size	3.84	2.77	2.60

Age pyramid

Male and female population by five-year age group in the latest census.

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,637 people	1,282 people	2,919 people
80–84	9,184 people	7,654 people	16,838 people
75–79	12,135 people	9,405 people	21,540 people
70–74	8,074 people	6,141 people	14,215 people
65–69	4,489 people	3,744 people	8,233 people
60–64	2,719 people	2,244 people	4,963 people
55–59	7,174 people	6,296 people	13,470 people
50–54	9,277 people	9,403 people	18,680 people
45–49	8,750 people	8,853 people	17,603 people
40–44	7,875 people	8,078 people	15,953 people
35–39	11,530 people	11,421 people	22,951 people
30–34	12,013 people	11,633 people	23,646 people
25–29	9,304 people	9,055 people	18,359 people
20–24	7,426 people	6,495 people	13,921 people
15–19	6,599 people	6,427 people	13,026 people
10–14	4,879 people	4,620 people	9,499 people
5–9	3,164 people	3,568 people	6,732 people
1–4	2,019 people	3,133 people	5,152 people
0	938 people	1,880 people	2,818 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,802 people	1,308 people	3,110 people
80–84	6,464 people	4,740 people	11,204 people
75–79	6,798 people	5,615 people	12,413 people
70–74	6,210 people	5,008 people	11,218 people
65–69	11,280 people	9,526 people	20,806 people
60–64	7,458 people	8,065 people	15,523 people
55–59	8,045 people	8,744 people	16,789 people
50–54	7,695 people	8,108 people	15,803 people
45–49	11,840 people	11,996 people	23,836 people
40–44	13,027 people	12,977 people	26,004 people
35–39	10,406 people	10,599 people	21,005 people
30–34	8,806 people	7,678 people	16,484 people
25–29	8,005 people	7,227 people	15,232 people
20–24	6,403 people	5,236 people	11,639 people
15–19	4,686 people	4,324 people	9,010 people
10–14	4,042 people	4,681 people	8,723 people
5–9	1,868 people	2,623 people	4,491 people
1–4	1,161 people	1,934 people	3,095 people
0	695 people	1,565 people	2,260 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,371 people	1,218 people	2,589 people
80–84	5,245 people	4,053 people	9,298 people
75–79	16,101 people	13,902 people	30,003 people
70–74	21,622 people	21,029 people	42,651 people
65–69	14,449 people	12,151 people	26,600 people
60–64	8,249 people	8,618 people	16,867 people
55–59	13,097 people	13,238 people	26,335 people
50–54	14,580 people	14,394 people	28,974 people
45–49	11,722 people	11,620 people	23,342 people
40–44	9,750 people	8,268 people	18,018 people
35–39	9,152 people	7,956 people	17,108 people
30–34	7,574 people	5,830 people	13,404 people
25–29	5,851 people	4,834 people	10,685 people
20–24	5,510 people	5,537 people	11,047 people
15–19	3,122 people	3,508 people	6,630 people
10–14	2,521 people	3,229 people	5,750 people
5–9	1,613 people	2,714 people	4,327 people
1–4	916 people	1,656 people	2,572 people
0	363 people	935 people	1,298 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.62%

249,557 people

Manchu0.12%

293 people

Wa0.04%

104 people

Dongxiang0.03%

79 people

Korean0.03%

72 people

Tujia0.03%

71 people

Bouyei0.02%

61 people

Tibetan0.02%

56 people

Yao0.02%

53 people

Yi0.02%

46 people

Hui0.01%

22 people

Bai0.01%

17 people

Hani0.01%

12 people

Maonan0.00%

11 people

Dai0.00%

9 people

Miao0.00%

8 people

Qiang0.00%

8 people

Zhuang0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Dong0.00%

5 people

Kazakh0.00%

5 people

Monba0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Methodology and sources

Figures are compiled from national statistical yearbooks, census publications and official regional statistics. Each table displays its reference year. Read the data sources page for details.

Data sources